'Cause I need a break, I need a vacation

[bandagedbandit]

[The first thing Clarissa realises upon stumbling out of Veilstone City's airport and into the face-slappingly frigid air, is that she definitely hadn't prepared for this level of cold. Snow. There is snow everywhere. Clarissa squints through the glare of the watery sunlight - which is currently doing nothing to warm her bare (bare apart from the sizable amount of bandages, at least) legs in the short crimson skirt she's wearing - and surveys the view of the city sprawling before her. Okay, maybe she should have expected this - it's the middle of winter, after all, and she had known that Sinnoh was a lot colder than Kanto, but, still. She had been expecting cold. She hadn't been expecting Antarctica.

For now she turns on her heel and stomps briskly back into the warmth of the airport, wrapping her unseasonably lightweight jacket tighter around herself. Once back inside she drops her bag of clothes and other basic essentials required for a short holiday, and, after letting Clefairy hop down onto it to sit-tight for a moment, she whips out her PokeGear from her jacket pocket and jabs in the number of the one person here who she knows.]

Come on, come on! You'd better pick up, loser!

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[bandagedbandit]

[Another growl down the phone — why won't you ever just play along nicely, Saturn? Always so strict on the details...none of which Clarissa seems inclined to give him just yet. She's her being her usual jubilantly bratty self and it sounds like she plans to be just as difficult as ever. Sorry.]

Just tell me where you are! You have to come pick me up!

[galactic_rings]

Pick you...? [ Silence. The realization was finally beginning to sink in as all the clues added up. Saturn was suddenly filled with dread. He couldn't possibly give out his whereabouts. No, surely having Clarissa show up at this place of work, where he holds a position of leadership even, would be disastrous.]


...Where are you?

[bandagedbandit]

The airport, stupid. Where else? [The amount of cruel joy ringing in Clarissa's voice makes her evil smirk almost audible over the phone. She knows she has Saturn exactly where she wants him, and she sounds like it.] So are you going to come pick me up, or do I have to go find your stupid HQ thing to ask where I can find you?

[galactic_rings]

[ Saturn glowers at Clarissa through the phone. He wasn't quite surprised by now, if she was asking him to pick her up she couldn't mean all the way in Kanto..]

No!...That won't be necessary..

[The dread in his voice was not well hidden as he stood up to grab a different pair of clothes and his coat. He lay them out of his chair to change as soon as he stopped talking to Clarissa.]

Just... wait near the bus station... if you must. [There was no more arguing. If she was at the airport he couldn't risk her showing up at his HQ and most definably embarrassing him.]

[bandagedbandit]

[Hook, line and sinker, sucker! There's another mean burst of laughter from Clarissa's end of the connection, and her voice is full of devious glee when she responds.]

Great! You'd better not dare keep me waiting long, got that? I'll see you there.

[And with that she hangs up, grabs her case, and trundles off to the airport toilets to change out of her skirt and blouse and into something warmer, as well as freshen up after the long trip. After that she heads out to locate the bus station.]